Reproducibility is a cornerstone of scientific progress, yet in systems research, it remains a persistent challenge. Over the past five years, the Artifact Evaluation (AE) process at the European Conference on Computer Systems (EuroSys) has aimed to address this challenge head-on. In this blog post, we reflect on what we have learned from organizing AE … Read more
The past few years have witnessed a staggering acceleration in the capabilities of large language models (LLMs). What began as an intriguing toy for autocomplete has evolved into sophisticated tools capable of summarizing research papers, drafting technical arguments, and even simulating expert‑level discussion. As these models continue to improve at an astonishing rate, the question … Read more
The Research Pipeline is Stalling The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) froze all outgoing funding, including new awards and scheduled payments on active grants. Over 1,000 NSF research projects were abruptly canceled in a few days, resulting in roughly $739 million in halted research funding. The directive, issued with little explanation, has created chaos across the academic research … Read more
Editor’s note: Summer internships are good opportunities for graduate students to learn new research problems in industry, working with researchers and practitioners, and experience different culture. In this post, Vaastav Anand from MPI-SWS shares some of his great experience at Azure Research, a young systems research group at Microsoft. Apparently, he had a lot of … Read more